Paolo Panchero will play for the United States national basketball team

sin. Paolo Panchero will not play In the Italian national basketball team, but in the United States. Thus, in the World Cup finals in Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia, which will be held from August 25 to September 10 next, the new star of the Orlando Magic (American mother and father of Ligurian origin), who has Italian citizenship, will wear the jersey. Stars and Stripes team.

Today’s decision came after months of waiting (and uncertainty). At the beginning of June, his agent Mike Miller said: For a young player like Paulo, it’s always good to have different options to choose from. He would like to play for both countries, but he knows very well he can’t do that, so a decision has to be made but at the moment we don’t know when it will be – it could take two days, or it could take three months. In fact it took much less than that. The opportunity to work in a formation that could give him Olympic and world titles in the future is very tempting. After all, in his first year in the NBA, in addition to being named Freshman of the Year in his first year in the NBA, Benichiro averaged 20 points, 6.9 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game in 33.8 minutes in 72 games. .